After Earth

After Earth
After Earth
Directed by	M. Night Shyamalan
Screenplay by	Stephen Gaghan; M. Night Shyamalan; Michael Soccio; Gary Whitta
Story by	Gary Whitta
Produced by	James Lassiter; Caleeb Pinkett; Will Smith
Starring	Jaden Smith; Will Smith; Isabelle Fuhrman; Zoë Kravitz; Kristofer Hivju; Sophie Okonedo
Cinematography	Peter Suschitzky
Edited by	Andrew Rosenblum
Music by	James Newton Howard
Production; companies	Overbrook Entertainment; Blinding Edge Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 31, 2013;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

After Earth is a 2013 American action adventure science fiction movie that M. Night Shyamalan made with Will Smith. Columbia Pictures produced it.

Plot

1,000 years in the future, astronauts from another planet (played by Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith) go back to Earth for some reason. Their space ship wrecks and Will Smith gets hurt, so Jaden Smith then has to go signal for help. There are also really mean aliens that are trying to kill Jaden Smith. Will and Jaden hope to eventually escape and go back to their alien planet.^[2]

Cast

Will Smith as Cypher Raige
Jaden Smith as Kitai Raige
Isabelle Fuhrman as Rayna
Kristofer Hivju as Security Chief
Gabriel Caste as Ranger
Zoe Kravitz as Senshi Raige
Sophie Okonedo as Faia Raige
David Denman as McQuarrie
Lincoln Lewis as Bo

Production

M. Night Shyamalan started filming After Earth in February 2012. Before that, Gary Whitta wrote the first script, then M. Night Shyamalan rewrote it, then Stephen Gaghan improved M. Night Shyamalan's script at the end of 2011.^[1] M. Night Shyamalan filmed most of the movie in Costa Rica, California, and Pennsylvania.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sneider, Jeff (2012). "Gaghan polishes Shyamalan's A.E.". Variety. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
↑ "Random House, Sony Pictures Consumer Products, and Overbrook Entertainment Announce After Earth Publishing Program" (Press release). Sony Pictures. July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

Other websites

Official website
After Earth on IMDb

[Variety-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sneider, Jeff (2012). "Gaghan polishes Shyamalan's A.E.". Variety. Retrieved January 31, 2012.

[2] "Random House, Sony Pictures Consumer Products, and Overbrook Entertainment Announce After Earth Publishing Program" (Press release). Sony Pictures. July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

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